Purton St Mary's Church - Installation of Infrared Chandelier Heater

To install an Infrared chandelier electric heater in the Lady Chapel. This will replace the existing hot water radiator heating, run from an oil burner. This will create a warm space for up to 25 people to meet during the colder months and, as the Church only uses electricity generated from renewable
sources, the net carbon emissions to heat the Chapel will be reduced to zero. The Infrared heater reduces the time to heat the Chapel from a few hours to a few tens of minutes, so that it can be cost effectively heated for use for short periods of time.
Reduction in carbon emissions from heating of the Church. Each year we use a
Carbon Footprint Tool provided by Bristol Diiocese to calculate and monitor carbon
emissions of the Church.
Greater use of the Lady Chapel, both by the Church and by the Community in the
colder months. We will be able to monitor Lady Chapel usage with the heater control
software. Currently the Lady Chapel is not used in colder months during the week.
Case Study for the Church Building Council of the conservation of an historically
important wall painting in a space heated with an infrared heater. This Case Study
includes an assessment of the current condition of the wall painting, an environmental
study of the space and then environmental monitoring after installation.
A reduction in carbon emissions by replacing oil-burning heating
with renewable electrical heating.
Improved conservation of an historically important medieval wall
painting.